3" Icedrill

Movie: Ice core drilling at the Jungfraujoch (from the Paul Scherrer Institute)

 

Svalbart:

 March 2009



Colle Gniffeti:

 September 2003



 

Piz Zuppo:

March 2002

 

Drilling at Illimani (6400 masl).

25th Mai - 6th June 1999
 

Two 3 Inch Ice Core Drills at base camp

Two baseplates on the way to Illimani

Two 3 Inch Ice Core Drills at Illimani

View into the Ice Cap of Illimani

Drillhead after contact to bedrock
 

 

 

Drill tests at the Jungfraujoch:

1998


Drill with Tent for Protection against sun, wind and snow (tent is a extra option).

Drill with Shadow Sail



2" Icedrill

 Drilling at the Aletsch glacier:

Test of the surface sample drill in temperated ice.
This drill is basically the 2" drill with a simplyfied drive.

 

Drilling in the Glaciere de la Molesi:

Ice core recovered from a ice cave in the
swiss jura.

Poor core quality due to a lot of stones in the ice.

 

Test at the Jungfraujoch:


Complete drill with transportation protection

Put the drill together

Check the clutch

Check the cutting ring

Drilling

Break the core

Open the clutch

Remove the icecore

Seperate the chips barrel

Remove the drillchips


Drilltent:

 
Erection at Lomosonovfonna (Svalbart)
the 03/22/2009

Ambient temperature below -20°C

Start time 16.10
End time 17.20

03/22/2009 16.17

16.18

16.26

16.27

16.50

17.00

17.01

 

17.25

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 At the Jungfraujoch:    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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